Psychology
Why learned helplessness makes escape feel impossible
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Eventually, you just stop trying to open the locked door and accept your doom. Learned helplessness occurs when an animal or human is repeatedly subjected to an unavoidable negative stimulus, eventually giving up completely. Even when an escape route opens up, the ingrained defeatism ensures they will just sit there and accept the misery.
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